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Company Profile

Banco Latinoamericano De Comercio Exterior, S.A. provides trade financing to commercial banks, middle-market companies, and corporations primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company operates through three divisions: Commercial, Treasury, and Asset Management. The Commercial division offers acceptances, contingencies, and loans principally in connection with specifically identified foreign trade transactions. This division also provides various products, services, and solutions associated with foreign trade comprising co-financing arrangements, underwriting of syndicated credit facilities, structured trade financing, asset-based financing in the form of factoring, vendor financing and leasing, and other fee-based services, such as electronic clearing services. The Treasury division offers liquidity management and investment securities activities, including management of the company’s interest rate, liquidity, price, and currency risks. The Asset Management division provides asset management services, including investment advisory services for funds and managed accounts. This division is involved in trading foreign exchange, interest rate swaps, and derivative products. The company was formerly known as Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. and changed its name to Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. in June 2009. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Panama City, the Republic of Panama.